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Friends and relatives caring for lung cancer patients have a new resource to turn to after the recent launch of a 24-hour online service for caregivers by LUNGevity Foundation, the country's largest lung cancer organization. The foundation in late November unveiled the Caregiver Resource Center, at lungevity.org/caregiver, which offers emotional support, practical advice and patient advocacy advice, among other services, said Andrea Sterns Ferris, president and chairwoman of the board of LUNGevity. "A caregiver has to be strong, and they often neglect themselves," Ferris said. "Their world has been thrown into a tizzy. The resource center has gathered information people...

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The foundation in late...

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